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Re: [patch #7692] Gui Documentation / Online Help
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: [patch #7692] Gui Documentation / Online Help |
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Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:22:38 -0800 |
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John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 09:51:22PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>
> I like the approach and the idea very much.
>
> The new dependency on gmake is a bit frustrating. I think that
> $(patsubst %.xwd,%.eps,$(doc_pspp_images)) can be portably
> written as $(doc_pspp_images:.xwd=.eps) but I don't see a good
> way to avoid the "export" directive. Oh well (but we should at
> least document the requirement).
>
> Yes. This patch also requires Imagemagick to be installed. If my
> idea of autogenerating the screenshots works out, it'll also require
> xfvb and a few other things too.
I guess that we should include the images in the Git repository
to make PSPP easier to build. Then, only users who modify the
GUI themselves will need the tools.
> So maybe we should start a seperate branch to do this?
That sounds reasonable.
--
Ben Pfaff
http://benpfaff.org